Head-to-Head

India vs Iran

Side-by-side military and economic comparison. Blue is India, red is Iran. Every figure links back to its full world ranking.
🇮🇳 India
MIL. STRENGTH #4
VS
🇮🇷 Iran
MIL. STRENGTH #16
1.44B 88M
👥 Population
$3.9T $400B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$109B $20B
💰 Defense Budget
1.4M 610k
🪖 Active Personnel
📈 India's economy is 9.8× larger
💰 India's defense budget is 5.5× larger
🪖 India's active force is 2.3× larger
✈️ India's air fleet is 4.0× larger
👥 India's population is 16× larger
MANPOWERLANDAIRNAVALECONOMYBUDGET
IndiaIran
Fleet Modernity — Quality, Not Just Count
MODERN
✈️ Air Fleet
MIXED
MIXED
🛡️ Armor Fleet
MIXED
MODERN
⚓ Naval Fleet
LIKELY AGING
MODERATE
🛰️ Drones / UAV
ADVANCED
Tiers weight fleet generation and era, not raw counts — a smaller modern fleet often outmatches a larger obsolete one on paper.
Leads More Categories
★ India
India wins 6 of 6 · Iran wins 0 of 6
Manpower
★ India
Financials
★ India
Airpower
★ India
Land Power
★ India
Naval Power
★ India
Strategic
★ India
Manpower
★ 1,440,000,000
👥 Total Population
88,000,000
★ 1,431,000
🪖 Active Personnel
610,000
★ 1,000,000
🎖️ Reserve Personnel
350,000
★ 2,527,000
👮 Paramilitary Forces
190,000
Financials
★ $109B
💰 Defense Budget
$20B
★ $3,900B
📈 GDP (Nominal)
$400B
Airpower
★ 2,183
✈️ Total Aircraft
551
★ 476
🛩️ Fighter Aircraft
186
★ 1,707
🛫 Bombers & Other Aircraft
365
★ 594
🚁 Helicopters (Total)
129
Land Power
★ 3,913
🛡️ Tank Strength
1,996
★ 163,554
🚚 Armored Vehicles
4,071
★ 5,640
💥 Towed Artillery
2,050
Naval Power
★ 343
⚓ Fleet Strength
110
18
🌊 Submarines
19 ★
★ 2
🛳️ Aircraft Carriers
0
Strategic
★ 180
☢️ Nuclear Warheads
0
Full profile
🇮🇳 India
Category winners count metric-by-metric leads only; "n/a" values count as zero, so data gaps can skew a category. Cross-check before citing.